Democrats, lawmakers and Hillary Clinton supporters are venting their anger towards FBI director James Comey for reopening the investigation into her widely publicized email scandal and many are calling for him to immediately release all of the emails.

Comey dropped the bombshell about the restarted investigation based on newly discovered emails found, rocking Clinton's campaign just 10 days ahead of the presidential election.

The massive amount of emails were discovered on a laptop shared by Abedin and her estranged husband, disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner.

The laptop is said to have contained 'tens-of-thousands of emails,' a senior law enforcement official told Fox News on Saturday, and the FBI restarted the Clinton investigation because the new emails were 'pertinent.'

The Clinton campaign has suggested that the new-found emails are duplicates, but the law enforcement source said it's highly unlikely that all of them are.

Both Clinton and Donald Trump's campaigns demanded that Comey disclose more information about the emails and the investigation.

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FBI Director James Comey (above) sent a memo to bureau staffers explaining he notified Congress about its reopened investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server

Clinton campaign chair John Podesta (above) demanded on Friday that Comey disclose more information about the emails and the investigation. He called Comey's move 'extraordinary'

'FBI Director Comey should immediately provide the American public more information than is contained in the letter he sent to eight Republican committee chairmen,' Clinton campaign chair John Podesta said in a statement which he called Comey's move 'extraordinary.'

Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, said that she agreed with Podesta.

While speaking on MSNBC, Conway said that voters 'have a right to know who this woman is, because you look at the polling and it's exactly who they suspect she is.'

The shocking letter from Comey immediately prompted cheers from the Trump camp and his supporters, as they would not like to see Clinton in the White House.

It also sparked a huge wave of complaints and frustration from Democrats and also some former officials who worked in the Department of Justice. Both sides question the timing of Comey's letter, which does not provide much information on what it is exactly they are looking for.

On Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden told CNN that Comey should release the newly discovered emails.

On Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden (file above) told CNN that Comey should release the newly discovered emails for 'the whole world to see'

'I think Hillary -- if she said, what I'm told she said, is correct -- release the emails. For the whole world to see,' Biden said.

'To the best of my knowledge, it won't prejudice the investigation, but that's the stilted language the agency always uses.

'And it doesn't mean anything. It's unfortunate.'

He added that he's not a 'big fan' of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who triggered the review of the emails due to a law enforcment probe.

According to the New York Times, the newly discovered mails emerged after agents seized electronic devices used by Clinton's closest aide, Huma Abedin, and her husband, Anthony Weiner.

The FBI swooped in on Weiner in September after DailyMail.com revealed he had sent explicit messages and graphic pictures to the 15-year-old, fully aware she was underage.

This is the internal memo obtained by Fox News that Comey sent out. He noted he felt an 'obligation' to inform lawmakers about the investigation given he had testified repeatedly in recent months that the investigation was completed

Weiner is a Democratic former congressman who resigned in 2011 after he was exposed for sending explicit online messages.

The newly discovered emails were sent reportedly by Abedin to Clinton from a laptop used by Weiner, who also saw a bid to become mayor of New York founder over similar claims in 2013.

When Biden was asked about Weiner's involvement in the email scandal, he said he didn't want to comment on the issue.

'I wasn't before he got in trouble. So I shouldn't comment on Anthony Weiner.'

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Comey's statement 'is particularly troubling since so many questions are unanswered.'

'This is particularly troubling since so many questions are unanswered. It's unclear whether these emails have already been reviewed or if Secretary Clinton sent or received them,' Feinstein said in a statement.

'In fact, we don't even know if the FBI has these emails in its possession.

'Without knowing how many emails are involved, who wrote them, when they were written or their subject matter, it's impossible to make any informed judgment on this development.

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'However, one thing is clear: Director Comey's announcement played right into the political campaign of Donald Trump, who is already using the letter for political purposes. And all of this just 11 days before the election.

'Director Comey admits 'the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant.' He cannot predict how long the investigation will take.

'And we don't know if the FBI has these emails in hand. It's too bad Director Comey didn't take those gaping holes into consideration when he decided to send this letter.

'The FBI has a history of extreme caution near Election Day so as not to influence the results. Today's break from that tradition is appalling.'

In addition, numerous people are questioning Comey's motives behind dropping the bombshell ahead of the election.

A former Department of Justice spokesman, Matthew Miller, took to Twitter on Friday and questioned Comey's judgement.

'This is such an inappropriate public disclosure by Comey,' Miller wrote.

'And sadly the latest in a long string of them. But today's disclosure might be worst abuse yet.'

He told Politico that the DOJ usually avoids revealing information about investigations within 60 days of an election because 'voters have no way to interpret FBI/DOJ activity in a neutral way.'

Miller added that Comey only seems to comment on ongoing FBI investigations when they involve Clinton.

He also noted that Comey seems only to comment on ongoing investigations when they involve Clinton.

INTERNAL MEMO FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY SENT TO BUREAU STAFFERS EXPLAINING HIS DECISION ON REOPENING THE CLINTON EMAIL INVESTIGATION

To all:

This morning I sent a letter to Congress in connection with the Secretary Clinton email investigation.

Yesterday, the investigative team briefed me on their recommendation with respect to seeking access to emails that have recently been found in an unrelated case.

Because those emails appear to be pertinent to our investigation, I agreed that we should take appropriate steps to obtain and review them.

Of course, we don't ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed.

I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record.

At the same time, however, given that we don't know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don't want to create a misleading impression.

In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it.

Nick Akerman, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, said that Comey acted 'totally inappropriately.'

'He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor anyone in the FBI has ever reviewed,'Akerman told Politico.

On Friday, Comey sent a memo to bureau staffers explaining he notified Congress about its reopened investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server because of its political sensitivity, it has been revealed.

But he also sent a separate memo to staffers explaining his decision, noting the bureau would not ordinarily inform Congress about its ongoing investigations, but said he felt he needed to do so amid the looming election.

In the internal memo obtained by Fox News, notes he felt an 'obligation' to inform lawmakers about the investigation given he had testified repeatedly in recent months that the investigation was completed.

'Of course we don't ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed,' Comey wrote in the memo.

'I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record.'

As news spread of the FBI reopening the investigation into Clinton's emails, many of her supporters took to Twitter (above) to voice they are still voting for her in November

'At the same time, however, given that we do not know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don't want to create a misleading impression, he continues.

'In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter, and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it.'

The memo sent to staffers was in addition to the letter Comey had sent to eight Republican lawmakers.

In that letter, he said he had launched an investigation into the 'pertinent' exchanges to determine if any of the emails - which allegedly number more than 1,000 in total - contain classified information and whether any of them are 'significant.'

Comey said that after learning about the emails he advised the bureau to take 'appropriate investigative steps' to review them.

Comey sent the letter to heads of the of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Judiciary Committees and two Appropriations subcommittees that deal with justice issues, as well as the House's Oversight Committee and the Senate's Homeland Security Committee.

'Although the FBI cannot yet access whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work, I believe it is important to update your Committees about our efforts,' he wrote.

Bombshell: On Friday he sent a letter to eight Republican lawmakers regarding the reopened investigation

Clinton was pictured leaving her campaign plane after it landed in New York on Friday night after her campaign was rocked by the news of the FBI probe

The probe had been thought finished in July, when the FBI had recommended that no charges be filed against Clinton, though it found her to have been 'extremely careless' in her use of a private server.

Following Friday's revelation, Clinton's campaign was outraged and implied that Comey's intervention could be politically-tinged because, in Clinton's words, the letter was only sent to 'Republican members of the House.'

'We have not been contacted by anyone,' she complained.

In a brief press conference on Friday, Clinton cried foul and demanded that Comey reveal more information about the probe.

She also declared herself 'confident' that voters, and the FBI, would conclude that she had done nothing wrong.

'The American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately,' she said.

A downcast Abedin was also pictured leaving Hillary's campaign plane dressed in an orange winter coat and laden with luggage

Clinton's campaign was outraged and implied that Comey's intervention could be politically-tinged because, in Clinton's words, the letter was only sent to 'Republican members of the House'

'We don't know the facts, which is why we are calling on the FBI to release all the information that it has.'

Her defiant words came after Trump - himself dogged by scandal over his alleged sexual misconduct - made hay, declaring Clinton unfit for office as a jubilant crowd of supporters in New Hampshire chanted: 'Lock her up!'

Concern that the renewed probe would damage Clinton's formerly impressive momentum spooked the markets, with US stocks, the dollar and oil prices tumbling lower on the prospect of a close vote.

Clinton noted that Comey had said he himself does not know whether the emails are significant or not.

'I'm confident, whatever they are, they will not change the conclusion reached in July,' she added.

With news of the reopening of the investigation, Clinton supporters took to Twitter sharing messages that they still support her and plan to vote her into office.

One user on the social media site said: 'Fact is that Comey's got nothing and @HillaryClinton is going to be President'.

Another person wrote: 'I'm still voting for Hillary Clinton. Trump is a danger person who is selling the freedom@ (sic) of the United States Of America'.

One woman who is voting early said that that she's 'never been more excited' to cast her 'vote for @HillaryClinton '#StillWithHer'.

HILLARY CLINTON GOES TO WAR WITH FBI IN BRIEF PRESS CONFERENCE DEMANDING IT EXPLAINS NEW EMAIL PROBE 'WITHOUT DELAY'

In a dramatic turn in the presidential race Hillary Clinton called on the FBI to release whatever information it has about its re-started investigation of her email scandal 'without delay' in a press conference on Friday.

She said she didn't know 'what to believe' regard what she called 'rumors' that the new information that came from trusted Aide Huma Abedin's laptop – a device she reportedly shared with disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner.

'We are 11 days out from perhaps the most important election of our lifetimes,' Clinton told reporters in the surprise press conference inside the choral room of Roosevelt High School in Des Moines.

'The American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately.'

At the end, she was asked about the reports, in the New York Times and other outlets, that her aide Huma Abedin and Weiner had been the source of the new emails.

'We've heard these rumors,' said Clinton – who sat near Abedin on her campaign on the flight to Des Moines.

'We don't know what to believe and I'm sure there will be even more rumors. That's why it is incumbent upon the FBI to tell us what they're talking about,' she said.

'Because right now your guess is as good as mine and I don't think that's good enough.'

Asked if she had been contacted by the FBI or whether she was concerned that the new emails would reveal any classified information, Clinton responded to the first part of the question.

'No – we have not been contacted by anyone. First we knew about it is I assume when you knew about it, when this letter sent to Republican members of the House was released.

'So we don't know the facts, which is why we are calling on the FBI to release all the information that it has.

'Lets get it out,' she said.

She observed that FBI director Comey had said that the new information may not be significant.

Asked about trust issues leading up to election day, she responed: 'I think people a long time ago made up their minds about the emails. I think that's factored into what people think, and now they're choosing a president.'